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How Did Indigenous Nations Control the Early North American Fur Trade? - The Journey of the Beaver Pelt | Sleepy Facts About History
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The familiar image of the North American fur trade often involves a solitary French trader paddling into an empty wilderness to acquire furs. The reality of the early seventeenth century was entirely different. Long before European newcomers arrived, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence watershed were governed by sophisticated Indigenous powers like the Wendat Confederacy and the Haudenosaunee, who maintained dense networks of trade, diplomacy, and alliance. When the French entered this world…
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